Third Andreotti government

The Andreotti III Cabinet was the 33rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 1976 to 1978.[1]

Andreotti III Cabinet
33rd Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	30 July 1976 (1976-07-30)
Date dissolved	13 March 1978 (1978-03-13)
People and organisations
Head of state	Giovanni Leone
Head of government	Giulio Andreotti
Member parties	DC Abstention: PCI, PSI, PSDI, PRI, PLI
Status in legislature	Minority government
Opposition parties	MSI, DP, PR
History
Election(s)	1976 election
Legislature term(s)	VII Legislature (1976–1979)
Predecessor	Moro V Cabinet
Successor	Andreotti IV Cabinet

It was the first government in the history of the Italian Republic to count among its members a woman, Tina Anselmi (as Minister of Labour).

The government obtained the confidence in the Senate on 6 August 1976, with 136 votes in favor, 17 against and 69 abstentions, and in the Chamber of Deputies on 9 August 1976, with 258 votes in favor, 44 against and 303 abstentions.

It was a single-color government composed only of members of Christian Democracy; it was known as the Government of non no-confidence (Italian: Governo della non sfiducia) or Government of national solidarity (Italian: Governo di solidarietà nazionale)[2] because it obtained the vote of confidence in parliament thanks to the abstention of the Italian Communist Party led by Enrico Berlinguer.[3]

The Andreotti III Cabinet fell on 31 January 1978, due to the withdrawal of support from the Communist Party, which wanted to be directly involved in the government, hypothesis however rejected by the Christian Democracy.[4]